Monday, June 15, 2009

Menu Planning Monday

I have just recently started planning a menu for my family for the week. I am not super organized when it comes to what we are having to eat. I wanted to get my meals more organized and especially when I go to the store to get ingredients, etc...I would end up with things I never used.

Here is my Menu Planning Monday recipes for this week, hope you & your family will enjoy
them:

Breakfast Bake
Caesar Wraps
Weeknight Cheese Quiche
Broccoli Cheese Soup
Italian Chicken Tenders & Heavenly Potatoes
Spud & Salad Night
Leftovers

-Breakfast Bake-

1 can (8 oz.) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1 pkg. (8 oz.) OSCAR MAYER Smoked Ham, chopped
6 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 cup KRAFT Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 cup KRAFT Mozzerella Cheese

PREHEAT oven to 350ºF. Unroll dough in 13x9-inch baking dish; press to cover bottom of dish, firmly pressing perforations and seams together to seal.

SPRINKLE ham over crust. Beat eggs, milk and pepper with wire whisk until blended; pour over ham. Sprinkle with cheeses.

BAKE 25 min. or until center is set.


-Caesar Pockets-

4 cups torn romaine lettuce
6 oz. (2/3 of 9-oz. pkg.) OSCAR MAYER Deli Fresh Shaved Smoked Turkey Breast, cut into strips
1/4 cup drained roasted red pepper strips
3 Tbsp. KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese
1/4 cup KRAFT Classic Caesar Dressing
4 pita breads, warmed, cut in half

TOSS lettuce with turkey, peppers, cheese and dressing.

SPOON into pitas.


-Weeknight Cheese Quiche-

1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 onion, chopped
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained
4 eggs
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup MIRACLE WHIP Dressing
1 cup KRAFT Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1 frozen pie crust (9 inch), thawed
1/4 cup OSCAR MAYER Real Bacon Bits

HEAT oven to 375°F.

COOK mushrooms and onions in large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Remove from heat; stir in spinach.

BEAT eggs, milk and dressing in medium bowl with whisk until well blended. Add spinach mixture and cheese; pour into crust. Top with bacon.

BAKE 50 min. or until center is set and top is golden brown.


-Broccoli Cheese Soup-

Large bunch of fresh broccoli (just 1 bunch)
2 cans broccoli cheese soup
1 pound Velveeta cheese
1 can pet milk

Steam broccoli until tender-run through blender with pet milk

Put rest of ingredients in blender & mix well

Pour into pan & heat slowly (stir often)

Salt & Pepper well


-Italian Chicken Tenders-
*This is my own recipe with no real measurements...just eyeball*

6 Chicken Tenders (fresh or Frozen)
Italian Breadcrumbs
Italian Seasoning, Salt & Pepper
Wishbone Italian Dressing
Olive Oil

*This is our favorite way to fix chicken...please use olive oil, it makes the chicken much more tender as it's cooking, plus it's healthier for you.

Marinate chicken tenders in Wishbone Italian Dressing for 30 minutes, if you want, do it before you go to work or out to run a errand that will be fine too...

Take the chicken out of the marinade & toss the marinade, dip the chicken straight into the Italian Breadcrumbs (please make sure that you add some Salt, Pepper & Italian Seasoning to the breadcrumb mixture first)

Once they are breaded, toss them on an electric skillet or a regular pan, make sure you put them in the olive oil when the pan is nice & hot, otherwise the breading with come off.

Cook 2-3 minutes on each side until done and breading is nice & golden brown

*This is also a great way to prepare chicken for a pasta dish...add it to fett. noodles & alfredo sauce, or spaghetti noodles & regular pasta sauce...you can't go wrong, it's so good*

-Heavenly Potatoes-

1 (2 pound) bag frozen hash browns, partially thawed
16 ounces sour cream
2 cups grated Cheddar cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter, melted

Mix sour cream, cream of chicken soup, salt, grated cheese & melted butter together. Mix with hash browns. Pour into baking pan.

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until tender

-Spud & Salad Night-

Self explanatory...Baked Potatoes loaded with your favorite stuff and a nice salad!!! YUMMY!!

Hope everyone gets some use out of these recipes, I love them!!!!



1 comments:

Anonymous said...

What night is the quiche?? I might be available!

Love you,
Mom (mamaC)